Saturday, August 12, 2006

The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday that calls for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah, and authorizes 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

And Israel is pleased about that, not being allowed to keep a troop presence in southern Lebanon. Who's going to stop Hezbollah, the UN? Yeah right! Olmert's early reaction from Haaretz.com:

A cease-fire deal being worked out by the Security Council fails to meet Israel's basic requirements , such as stationing robust international combat troops in southern Lebanon once Israel withdraws, Shariv said."Yesterday we were very optimistic, but they (the Security Council) took the wrong turn ," Shariv said.